Title:
As a Fish in the Sea (
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Author: Del Rion (delrion.mail (at) gmail.com)
Fandom: Iron Man (MCU)
Timeline: between The Avengers and Iron Man 3
Genre: General
Rating: K / FRC
Characters: Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Summary: Extending the freedom of flight to the exploration of oceans was only ever a matter of time and extensive testing.
Complete. Part of “Genius, AI & Bots” series.
Written for: My card on Cotton Candy Bingo’s round 2 (square: “Paradise”)
Warnings: None
Teaser:
He had discovered the freedom of flight years prior, but so much of the Earth was covered in oceans that it was inevitable he would widen his scope beneath the surface.
At first it was more for work than pleasure; to see how his suit operated underwater. Navigating in the water was different, the resistance at different speeds and depths requiring calculations, different usage of the armor in order to steer and plenty of practice - and he had to take all of that under consideration before even getting to the actual navigation, because obviously he could not use all the same methods of seeing as he did in the air.
He moved into clearer waters to bypass that issue for a time, and that was where he slowed down for the first time, taking in his surroundings: the fish, the plants, and the world separated from the one above by such a simple yet hostile barrier.